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"Sano! Sano! What happened? Is the pain sever?" She said frantically.

"No, I'll be fine. I just-"then held his stomach tightly, it was drawing blood.

"Come you must rest and lie down you baka chicken head. I swear sometimes you don't listen to a word I say." So she helped him back inside .He had to ask, he just had to know.

"Megumi, did we do anything last night?" ask asked sheepishly.

She looked at him then answered "No." Then started to cry.

"What's wrong" he asked worriedly then tried to get up but only received pain in doing so.

"I...I... I was afraid... Afraid I was going to lose you." She sobbed.

Sano felt bad. This wasn't how the plan was supposed to go. He was supposed to look like her savior. The person she was going to count on when ever she needed someone. But now she just made her worry and cry.

"Megumi please stop crying. I hate it when you cry." He said.

Megumi heard the change in name. He called her by her name not fox or foxy doctor. And whenever he said her name he was serious.

"Just don't... don't ever leave me, ever..." she trailed off as she went to embrace the injured ex-gangster.

Sano was too weak to travel that day so he had to stay inside all day until tomorrow when his strength should return if rested enough. So Megumi had to care for him, Sano was taking advantage of this opportunity by making her wait on his every need. So to counter this Megumi just treated him like a baby. Which Sano didn't like being treated as such. ("Okay is time for the baby-waby to take his medi-wedi-cine").

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"Kenshin how long is it gonna take you to cook the food? I'm starvin here!" exclaimed Yahiko.

"You should be thankful you get three square meals Yahiko." Said Kaoru.

"Mai, Mai. Let's calm down and eat or the food will get cold that it will." Said Kenshin calmly.

"Great the foods here!" exclaimed Kaoru and Yahiko at once.

"What's to eat tonight anyway?" asked Kaoru as she sniffed the food.

"Miso soup. Hope it's all right. It's not as good as the Akabeko but I hope I'll do." Kenshin stated.

Both had taken their helping. Kaoru wondered where the freeloader was. He's been missing meals for the passed 3 days.' It's not like him to miss these many meals. I wonder what in the world he's doing?' Kaoru thought to herself as she ate her meal. Kenshin must have seen this because...

"Miss Kaoru there's no need to worry about Sanosuke that there isn't. He can take care of himself. He'll show up sometime." Kenshin said reassuringly.

"Oh? Oh you're probably right Kenshin. Besides we have more food now then when he first came here. So we won't need to go shopping as much for now." Kaoru compromised, then finished off the rest of her rice. Yahiko had already finished and left them two alone because he had to run to the Akabeko for work.

"Kenshin just what was Sano's plan any way?" she asked once she made sure Yahiko was really gone.

"Well..."

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It started to rain...

"Megumi you take the blanket." Said the lanky man.

"No, as a doctor I can't, you're wounded." Said the foxy doctor.

Their clothes were soaked from the rain because they had been trying to gather food when it hit. When they finally reached the safety and cover of the cabin they were nearly soaked.

"As a gentleman I would rather have a woman have it." Sano said as he started to shiver slightly. So was Megumi since the cabin had no warmth for the fire had gone out.

"Since when have you become a gentleman?" spat Megumi.

"Okay, look all I'm doing is trying to be nice. Since I've face situations that had colder environments than this. Which means I can survive." Shot Sano.

"Are you saying I can't survive?!" insisted Megumi as her temperature rise.

"I just might!" said Sano loudly. Both glared at each other. Neither wanted to give in.

"Fine! Take the damn blanket! I'll show you I can survive with out any one!" shouted Megumi as she stormed to the end of the cabin.

"I think I will!" said Sano as he snatched up the blanket and walked off to the other end of the cabin. When he got there he said to himself "damn fox have to shot off her damn mouth. Can't even go one day without turning things into a big argument. Damn this isn't how its' supposed to happen, stupid pride. Why can't I swallow it, even for once?" And drifted off in a doze.

Megumi on the other hand well... "Damn I hate this. Why oh why do I always have to do that? All he was doing was being nice. And I had to shot my mouth off. Oh Kami its cold." She said this to her self while shivering, wishing now she could have taken the blanket, because her body wouldn't stop shivering. She had drifted asleep a little after that. When she woke she found that she wasn't shivering anymore rather was really warm. When she open one eye blearily she found she now obtained the blanket. And noticed that Sano was across the room huddled in a little ball and shivering uncontrollably. She walked over so that she could give the blanket back.

"I don't want it. I gave it to you." Said Sano when she was half way there.

She didn't say anything to this; she only kept walking and gave him the blanket. Sano uncurled and turned to her.

"I said I gave it to you. And I don't want it." He repeated and got up to go give back the blanket. When he handed it to her she only threw it aside. Sano went to retrieve it.

"Look this is getting us nowhere why don't we just share it?" he asked.

"No, I told you that I don't need you or any one for that matter. Just leave me alone." Said Megumi. She had been crying but hid it really well. But not well enough for Sano not to notice.

"Why do you do that? Why do you always push people away when they try to get close?" asked Sano in a quiet tone.